The health agency's weekly report says that from January until today, 932 persons have appeared in health centres with symptoms of the disease, of which 167 were cleared after laboratory tests and 500 are considered suspicious.

Medical authorities are also alert to the risk in Paraguay of type 4 dengue, whose circulation has been detected in the subcontinent and specifically in regions of the Brazilian frontier city Foz de Iguazu.

In other dengue news, Paraguay's vice-president and his wife are recovering from the disease. And while the current dengue numbers sound serious, they're slightly better than last year's: about 42,000 cases and 62 deaths in 2011.

The health agency's weekly report says that from January until today, 932 persons have appeared in health centres with symptoms of the disease, of which 167 were cleared after laboratory tests and 500 are considered suspicious.

Medical authorities are also alert to the risk in Paraguay of type 4 dengue, whose circulation has been detected in the subcontinent and specifically in regions of the Brazilian frontier city Foz de Iguazu.

In other dengue news, Paraguay's vice-president and his wife are recovering from the disease. And while the current dengue numbers sound serious, they're slightly better than last year's: about 42,000 cases and 62 deaths in 2011.